{"id":44181,"date":"2020-10-30T03:24:20","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T03:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=44181"},"modified":"2020-10-30T03:24:20","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T03:24:20","slug":"algeria-to-vote-on-a-constitution-dismissed-by-protest-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=44181","title":{"rendered":"Algeria to vote on a constitution dismissed by protest movement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nGAZA CITY: Entering a Gaza City restaurant, customers are welcomed by a multi-tasking disinfection machine designed by a Palestinian businesswoman to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the crisis-hit enclave.
Spraying hand sanitizer while taking the person\u2019s temperature, the 2-meter-high device offers an all-in-one disinfection experience.
If the body temperature is too high, a red signal will light up. Otherwise the restaurant door opens automatically to allow the customer in.
\u201cIn Gaza, we have basic devices imported from abroad to measure temperatures, and others to disinfect, but our devices combine multiple technologies in one,\u201d creator Heba Al-Hindi told AFP.
The densely populated Palestinian coastal enclave, under an Israeli-enforced blockade since 2007, was initially largely spared by Covid-19 when the pandemic broke out.
But dire economic conditions, a poor health care system and chronic electricity shortages, partly caused by the blockade, made Gaza especially vulnerable to the virus.
Confirmed infections in the enclave have topped 5,440 with 31 deaths.
\u201cWhen Covid-19 reached the Gaza Strip, I told myself I had to find a way to fight its spread,\u201d said Hindi.
\u201cThen came the idea of creating a sanitiser and I designed these smart machines.\u201d
The 37-year-old mathematics graduate heads Innovation Makers, a company that has created eight anti-Covid products, including a blue and yellow robot-like machine to appeal to children.
She said the project makes money but that \u201cour focus is not on the profit.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cWe\u2019re focusing on a Palestinian product and a Palestinian invention from within the siege in the Gaza Strip, to show this invention to the world.\u201d
Innovation Makers has sold dozens of machines to supermarkets, bakeries and restaurants, for between $550 and $1,500 depending on the technology used.
The products have been patented by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Economy Ministry, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
The company finds spare parts for the devices on the local market but is barred by Israel from exporting the \u201cMade in Gaza\u201d creations, slowing down Hindi\u2019s ambitions.
Management at the Taboun restaurant is delighted with the disinfecting machines they bought.
\u201cThe device is remarkable,\u201d said Matar Matar, hospitality manager at the Gaza eatery, adding that he found out about it on social media.
Customers are happy to see that \u201csomething new is being developed in Gaza,\u201d he said.
Computer engineer Mohammad Natat, 23, said he was proud to be part of the team that created the machine.
\u201cI had the opportunity to take part in this work and be creative in my field,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was a huge chance to have some work.\u201d
Around half of Gaza\u2019s population is out of work, two-thirds of them young people, according to the World Bank, and more than two thirds of residents depend on humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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